Genuine question - do people still buy these to help them through a game …Genuine question - do people still buy these to help them through a game or are they more of a collector's thing?I bought a few back in the day but these days, I use my phone.

If people wouldn't buy it, Prime could be closed for a long time.

Paperbook guides are more valuable and more comfortable to use it than digital versions. For example I bought guide for The Witcher 3 and I couldn't suss out what is where. I used paper guides for GTAIV, GTAV, Quantum Break or Mafia III and they were very helpful.

Genuine question - do people still buy these to help them through a game …Genuine question - do people still buy these to help them through a game or are they more of a collector's thing?I bought a few back in the day but these days, I use my phone.

I prefer gamefaqs as I only need the walkthrough to give me clue how to make progress when I'm stuck. once done, I won't keep the file. nowadays, youtube also has the same and better than paper guides at times.

18th May 2016

jsty3105

Thanks - addedNo, he's saying they never should have been paid for in the … Thanks - addedNo, he's saying they never should have been paid for in the first place. Essentially saying that game guides should always be free.

​Ok there are plenty that are free? Use them if that's what you like, but prima choose to create and sell guides so people can physically look at them not on a screen, for example my kids don't like reading webpages and would rather have a book.

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18th May 2016

Slick2097

Also Lego Star Wars 3 - The Clone Wars eGuide (DS)

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kibethewalrus

​Huh? So they shouldn't be *allowed* to make them?

No, he's saying they never should have been paid for in the first place. Essentially saying that game guides should always be free.

The wiki is free. This is pointless as an online guide unless it's free too.

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12th Apr 2016

BetaRomeo

I'm not sure how accurate a printed guide can be nowadays, with so many … I'm not sure how accurate a printed guide can be nowadays, with so many last-minute and post-release changes in games.At Dark Souls' launch, for example, you couldn't buy twinkling titanite from the giant blacksmith in Anor Londo. I wanted to buy twinkling titanite, and I needed lots of twinkling titanite, and I ended up farming twinkling titanite wherever possible, because twinkling titanite couldn't be bought, until patch 1.04 (?) allowed one to buy twinkling titanite.

On their twitter feed they said the E-guide will get updated as the game goes along

12th Apr 2016

I'm not sure how accurate a printed guide can be nowadays, with so many last-minute and post-release changes in games.

At Dark Souls' launch, for example, you couldn't buy twinkling titanite from the giant blacksmith in Anor Londo. I wanted to buy twinkling titanite, and I needed lots of twinkling titanite, and I ended up farming twinkling titanite wherever possible, because twinkling titanite couldn't be bought, until patch 1.04 (?) allowed one to buy twinkling titanite.

11th Apr 2016

hot price!!

11th Apr 2016

woof1989

Maybe for after finishing the story and new game+ to get new … Maybe for after finishing the story and new game+ to get new weapons/armor?For tips on how to beat a boss that you are struggling with?It's like saying you've never used the internet to help you with a game.

No its not like saying i haven't used one because i just said i have used one.:{

As I have stated on a previous thread the Prima guide is a good place to start, particularly for newbies. The character overviews can give you a quick explanation of the characters and how they play, something Capcom have failed to do. For the more advanced it is also good to have frame data, advanced combos etc on hand on a tablet while in training. Finally the presentation is pretty slick.

I find guides for 1v1 fighting games pretty pointless. It's not the same as a guide for say something like an rpg. There is no correct way to win. It's all about putting in the practice on training mode and playing rock, paper, scissors against the other guy.

16th Feb 2016

Here's my free guide:Keep hitting your opponent with a combination of punches and kicks until you win, block when you need to and don't get hit.

princerules64, that was the best, most helpful reply I've seen on here. … princerules64, that was the best, most helpful reply I've seen on here. Thank you.

No problem, just thought it might help to share what I found since I saved them anyway It was probably such a struggle to find info for HW back then because it released for us a week before North America, and though it had been out in Japan for a month that left a lot of confusing Japanese resources.

Smash Bros at the moment, I looked a little, seems much better off- partly from being a much much more popular game, and partly from being pretty accessible this time around. It's an advantage to us that it's already been out for a week in NA, and it'll release in Japan next week: they might end up borrowing our guides this time The character and stage unlocks are all simple and not worth worrying about, and everything else is pretty much random and infinite. There's an Events guide on IGN which is probably the most specific of all the modes. My biggest question has been the search for the best way to earn thousands of coins, but my current solution is just playing a variety of modes to not get worn out!

p.s. I never meant to rain on your deal it's still a tempting price for the official guide, which is the best alternative to user content on the internet (sometimes inaccurate, conflicting, lacking details or slow)

28th Nov 2014

do these install on your Wii U as an app or is it just a PDF download ?

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28th Nov 2014

princerules64, that was the best, most helpful reply I've seen on here. Thank you.

27th Nov 2014

Anyone who's bought these, is there anything really good in there? Particularly smash bros- from what I can tell, and comparing it to the near infinite amount of content in the Wii game Brawl, there's enough in the game to fill hundreds if not thousands of pages... so if the guides just tell you pretty obvious stuff then it's probably not worth it.

I would agree that I never found any good comprehensive guides for Hyrule Warriors but there were a few places I found some good detailed information- and looking at them now they're pretty well completed, even expanding into DLC (which I'm guessing isn't and won't be covered in the purchase).zeldadungeon.net/wik…las -Gold Skulltulaszeldadungeon.net/wik…ces - Heart Pieces (and Heart Containers)koei.wikia.com/wik…als -Materials (Helps you find which you're missing and their names)zeldawiki.org/Hyr…ors -General (Good place to look at overview of characters and their elements)toragame.com/zel…php -The most powerful resource of all, a complete adventure mode guide, but it's in Japanese so you basically have to use chrome or something to get a rough translation which is not entirely reliable (and some enemy names you'll have to figure out the equivalent) but you can figure out a lot of good stuff from this one like where to farm ganondorf etc.p.s. not to mention the obvious places to look like IGN and GameFAQs which are probably better built up by now than closer to release when I first went looking

Edited by: "PrinceRules64" 27th Nov 2014

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27th Nov 2014

joewall33

No point in eguides, just use the internet.Hardback guides are old school … No point in eguides, just use the internet.Hardback guides are old school and what's best if you collect gaming merchandise.Unless one day you try to sell off used software on ebay.

At first I thought these were physical guides and didn't see the "eguides" so to my surprise I was disappointed that there wasn't a hardcopy guide.